Adjustable mirror-holder.



PATENTED DEC. is, 1906.

8. E. CRANE. ADJUSTABLE MIRROR HOLDER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 18, 1906.

Application filed November 11,1905. Serial No. 286,869.

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Be it known that I, STACY E. CRANE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Orleans, in the county of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Mirror-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to adjustable mirrorholders, and is an improvement upon an invention for which Letters Patent of the United States No. 789,008 were granted to me and S. L. Hurd on May 2, 1905.

One object of the present invention is to form the bracket-supporting arms with eyes through which pass screws to secure the bracket to a bureau or other support, whereby is obviated the use of plates or their equivalent, and to provide the bracket with a rack portion through the medium of which the 111irror-supporting arm is adjustably mounted upon the bracket.

A still further object of the invention is to form one end of one member of the mirrorsupporting arm with a hook to engage the rack portion of the bracket and retain the mirror-supporting arm in adjusted position and to form the other member of said arm with a rack-embracing member to move freely over said rack portion and prevent the said arm from tilting, whereby is obviated the use of separate locking and guiding members.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of the character stated which comprises few parts, which is simple and durable of construction, and which can be manufactured and sold at a comparatively small cost.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherem Figure 1 is a perspective view of an adjustable mirror-holder constructed in accordance with my invention, the same being illustrated as applied to a bureau. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the bracket, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view in detail of the bracket-engaging end of the mirror-supporting arm.

Referring to the drawings by reference characters, a designates a bracket, B a supporting-arm, and O a mirror.

The bracket a is constructed from a strand of any suitable metal, said strand having a portion thereof fluted or corrugated to provide the bracket with a rack portion 1. The ends of the strand above and below the rack portion 1 are bent rearwardly and downwardly in reverse direction to provide vertical members 2. The ends of the members are bent into a horizontal position to provide bracket-supporting arms 3. The arms 3 are bent at points intermediate the ends to pro vide eyes 4 and have their extremities coiled to provide eyes 5. The bracket is secured in applied position to a bureau or other support by means of screws or their equivalent pass ing through the eyes 4 and 5 and engaging the bureau or other support. By providing the arms 3 with said eyes the use of plates or their equivalent to provide the arms with means through which may be let fastening devices is obviated and also renders the bracket cheaper and more simple of construction.

The mirror-supporting arm B is also constructed of strands of any suitable metal and comprises two members I) and b, said members being pivotally secured together by means of a bolt N. The forward or free end of the member I) has secured thereto the mirror O in the manner illustrated and described in said former patent, and therefore a detailed description of the means for securing the mirror to this member s deemed unnecessary. The strand 7 of the member I) is bent at a point intermediate its ends to provide a rack-engaging hook 8, then in parallel relation to said strand 7, as at 9, and thence coiled about said strand, as at 10. The free end of the coil 10 is carried down and coiled about the strand 8 of the member I), as at 11, thus providing a connecting portion 12 for uniting the strands 7 and 8 against relative movement. The extremities of the strands 7 and 8 are spaced apart to provide a rackengaging guide 13. To secure the mirrorsupporting arm B to the bracket a, the hook 8 is caused to engage the rack portion 1 of the bracket and the guide 13 is caused to straddle said rack portion. The hook 8, through its engagement with the rack portion 1, adjustably connects the arm B to the bracket, and the guide, through its engagement with said rack portion, prevents the bracket-supporting arm from tilting upon the bracket.

By forming the bracket-supporting arm B with a hook and guide it is apparent that I provide a cheap and durable means of connecting the supporting-arm to the bracket.

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i the combination of a bracket provided with a Changes in the form, proportions, and the combination with a bracket, of a supminor details of construction may be made porting-arm comprising parallel strands, one within the scope of the invention without of said strands being bent to provide a hook departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of and then extended in the direction of and enthe advantages thereof. gaged with the other of said strands to retain Having fully described and illustrated my i said strands rigid with relation to each other, invention, what I claim isthe ends of the strands being spaced to pro- 1. In a device of the character described, i vide a guide.

4. In a device of the character described, rack portion, a mirror-supporting arm comi the combination with a bracket constructed prising strands of wire, one strand being bent l of a single strand. bent to provide a rack porto provide a rack-engaging hook and to contion and supporting-arms, said supporting nect the other strand thereto against relative arms being formed to provide eyes, and a movement and having its. extremity disposed supporting-arm comprising parallel strands, with relation to the extremity of the other i one of said strands being bent to provide a strand to provide a rack-engaging guide, and i hook and then extended in the direction of a mirror secured to said supporting-arm. l and engaged with the other of said strands to 2. In a device of the character described, retain said strands rigid with relation to each the combination with a bracket, of a supother and to provide a guide. porting-arm comprising parallel strands, one In testimony whereof I am my signature of (slaild strandsaeng hint1 to providie a 300k in presence of two witnesses. an t en eXten e in t e irection 0 an enr gaged with the other of said strands to retain S PAOY CRANE said strands rigid with relation to each other and to form a guide.

3. In a device of the character described,

Witnesses:

J. L. BARNES, J. M. FRANCIS. 

